Those of you with boys...
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Topic: Those of you with boys...
Posted By: arohanui
Subject: Those of you with boys...
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 11:33am
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I have a question for you... DH was asking me last night and I didn't know the answer...
When you bath your wee boy, do you have to, um, how do I put this politely... pull the *skin* back and wash under it? Cos would it get pee and stuff in there and get all scody? TIA 
Edited for bad spelling ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 11:35am
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no you dont!!! it wont go back till he is much older. 3 or possibly older... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 11:35am
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Ah ha! Thanks, I will tell DH and put his mind at ease.
So when it goes back at 3 or whenever, do you have to then? ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 12:07pm
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no...mostly i think a boy will discover it goes back for themselves anyway ...
this site http://www.mothering.com/articles/new_baby/circumcision/protect-uncircson.html - here is an american site and mainly deals with reasons dr's may give to have a penis circumsiced and reasons not to but i found it had great info for me as a mum of boys re the penis and how the foreskin works. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 12:09pm
| I guess I am lucky that I won't ever have to worry so much about this as Daniel was born circumcised (yes very weird!) |
Posted By: Faraway
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 12:23pm
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born circumcised??? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 12:30pm
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hey gandt thanks for that link, very interesting article. I had never even thought that we would get our baby boy circumcised, but now can see no reason too. ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids 
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 12:38pm
That article was a good read GandT, thanks  ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 12:51pm
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GandT I totally agree with you. Josh when he was around 3 or 4, kept getting sore - down there and the dr told me to teach him how to clean it by pulling it back - I wasn't confortable with it but being a single mother then I had no choice - I only told him what to do and he has had no probs since.
off to read artical now. ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 2:04pm
Yup, strange but true, he was born with no foreskin! |
Faraway wrote:Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 3:15pm
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At antenatal class on Saturday we just learnt about this! With both girls and boys apparently you only wash what you can see, there words exactly "don't go digging" especially in little girls. She showed us and just kind of wiped over them with the wash cloth while the baby was in the bath.
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 5:13pm
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Rico is 4 & I've never pulled back the foreskin & he's never had an infection in there, though I know it can get infected.
Yes peachy - the whole "don't go digging" theory is true. A girl is "self cleaning" as my MW put it. I find it so much easier wiping my girl than my boys! Having to move all the boy bits around to clean everything. With Gia it's a just a wipe down & done! ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 9:06pm
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Yeah I was confused with Caprece at the start but she is so much easier than Jack now.
Thanx for the article gandt I'm so lost when it comes to that sort of thing. |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 9:26pm
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DH has been at me to ask about this for a while now as we were unsure what to do with jack. i'll have to read the article now, thanks GandT ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 9:27pm
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Debs great article The foreskin wont usually contract until the child is 3-5 as this is when the skin sperates from the glands on the penile shaft. I think there was a thread not so long ago about weather boys or girls were easier to clean. I always said boys but that could be due to the fact that I have 2 older girls and that is what I was used to, althou I still find cleaning Alize's bits and pieces a challenge sometimes lol. Balanitis is an infection boys can get under their foreskin and if reccurent(sp?) parents are offered circumcision due to medical reasons if they want. Most patients that i came across that had boys with this problem declined the circumcision and opted for treatment until their child grew out of it. Some kids are more suseptible due to normal body flora levels etc.. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 8:58am
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*bump for Rach*
------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 9:46am
| great article! |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 11:03am
Wow that really did answer all my questions. Hopefully I remember it all this time 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 12:38pm
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oh i will have to read in a minute....maybe it will silence my Mum who gets annoyed when i tell her we arent to do anything to it 'in her day...blah blah blah':) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Tiff
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 5:36pm
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LOL!!! KA - don't ya love it! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 5:47pm
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no..its beginning to rile me..esp that one as she says it everytime we mention the bath or us a babies!!:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Tiff
Date Posted: 03 May 2008 at 6:09pm
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Yup I understand ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 19 June 2008 at 5:14pm
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Bump for Sarahbetha ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 19 December 2008 at 7:51pm
bump, hmmm for sarahbetha again  ------------- 
Mum to JJ, 4 July 2008 & Addie, 28 July 2010 |
Posted By: BessieBear
Date Posted: 19 December 2008 at 8:23pm
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lol yes for me well for a friend actually she needs advice. ------------- Sarah Mum to, Boy 07/2008, Girl 03/2010, Boy 05/2012, Angel  07/08/2014
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 20 December 2008 at 6:23am
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haha i just asked my doctor about this as my mum had no idea she got my dad to deal with tha with my brothers lol ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: BessieBear
Date Posted: 18 January 2010 at 5:36pm
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yes me again.... I can't find the acticle it seems to have be removed form their site or something arather. Ryan is a bit inflamed right on the tip and it's a wee bit blistered or the beginnings of it. I've only noticed it this afternoon when I changed his nappy, (which was completely dry after 3 hrs of sleep ) so I've had him running around with no nappy one for a few hours. Dh is unsure and says to take him to docs which I'll do tomorrow, I just a bit unsure of what to do if I get the 'he needs to be circumcised' talk. So I wanted to be prepared. ------------- Sarah Mum to, Boy 07/2008, Girl 03/2010, Boy 05/2012, Angel 07/08/2014
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 18 January 2010 at 7:30pm
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Daniel gets like that. It can get a bit crusty. I wouldn't personally worry unless he was actually getting infected repeatedly (this could be confirmed by swabs of the yucky bits). If it's just red and not pus-y, then it might just be a bit irritated, be pinned funny in the nappy .... ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 18 January 2010 at 7:47pm
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If that article isn't loading there's heaps of similar info on the Peaceful Parenting blog - http://www.drmomma.org/2010/01/phony-phimosis-diagnosis.html - here's a good post with lots of good links at the bottom -------------
Mum to JJ, 4 July 2008 & Addie, 28 July 2010 |
Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 18 January 2010 at 7:50pm
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oh yeah, and JJ gets that too, it'll clear up Follow your instincts, nappy free time is the best for it! -------------
Mum to JJ, 4 July 2008 & Addie, 28 July 2010 |
Posted By: BessieBear
Date Posted: 18 January 2010 at 8:45pm
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Hmm ok. I stuck him in a cool bath with no soap or anything for a while. It's kinda hangining down further then normal. ------------- Sarah Mum to, Boy 07/2008, Girl 03/2010, Boy 05/2012, Angel 07/08/2014
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 18 January 2010 at 9:49pm
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Give it a day or two and it'll be back to normal
Maybe he's just pulling it too much  Daniel's going through a "oooh, look, pull, that's interesting" phase ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 18 January 2010 at 10:44pm
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it loaded fine for me when i clicked the link... let me know if you want me to re link .. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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